As we're having such a beautiful Summer here in England at the moment, you don't want to be making too much heavy food to eat out on the patio with your date and crisp, ice cold glasses of rose wine. A caprese salad is such an easy dish to throw together, and it is light without it being overly 'salad' like (I know plenty of guys who get suspicious of salad leaves!), just tear together good quality mozzarella and fresh basil, and throw in some sliced cherry tomatoes. This time of year, unless you go to the markets or grow your own you'll get the most intense flavour from baby tomatoes, than bigger ones. Dress with a good drizzle of the best quality extra virgin olive oil you can find, the same with French sea salt and grind with some freshly ground black pepper.

However, as well as being suspicious of salad, I know a fair few guys who are even more suspicious of any dish that does not contain any meat. They also like grilling things. Have you ever wrapped slices of beautifully ripe nectarines or peaches in prosciutto or parma ham, and then griddled them either in a hot, oiled griddle pan over a high heat, or on the barbecue? As well as looking pretty, they become the most intense pockets of sweet and salty sunshine flavour, and prove the perfect upgrade thrown over two plates of caprese. You'll need one nectarine or peach and one of those small, half packets of cured ham between the two of you.

As I mentioned, last Summer match.com hosted a pop up cafe with blogger created recipes in London. This year, they've asked a few of us to come up with a couple of 'internet inspired' date ideas that may be either dreamy, or just that little bit out of the ordinary. As well as putting together this simple yet delicious starter as something you could make for any Summer date (you can take all the ingredients with you and make it together on a picnic, just without the grilling), after attending Pinterest UK's Pinterest inspired, fiesta themed 2nd birthday party a few weeks ago, it struck me that the best place to collate internet inspired date ideas (food, locations, cocktails, outfits, etc.) would be on a Pinterest board. Obviously.